World No.1 Ana Ivanovic has been named as the top seed for the 2008 US Open which starts on Monday in New York.

The French Open champion will attempt to reach the quarterfinals at the final Grand Slam of the year for the first time.

By the way, Ivanovic was briefly not No.1 in the world after nine weeks at the top of the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour rankings as fellow Serb Jelena Jankovic took her place. Jankovic is now again No.2 after just one week of enjoying the top spot, and Ivanovic will stay No.1 for at least three weeks.

Here’s a list of the rest of the women's singles seeds (in brackets I added their best results at the US Open): Read more »

Right thumb injury eventually prevented world number one Ana Ivanovic from taking part at the Beijing Olympics.

Top-seeded Ivanovic wasn't able to practice in Beijing at all because of the injury, but she was still hoping to recover. "This is one of the worst moments of my career," said the Serb.

Ivanovic sustained the injury when she returned to training after losing at Wimbledon. (source: Reuters, photo: Getty Images)

Oh my God, Jelena Jankovic is already injured. The world No.2 will miss the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics because she sustained some minor injury during her Friday morning practice.

By the way, the other tennis star from Serbia, Ana Ivanovic, is also not certain whether she’ll recover enough to participate in the Olympic Tennis Event. The world No.1 remains in doubt because of a persistent thumb injury.

The Tennis Event at the 2008 Olympics starts August 10. (source: Mondo)

World number one (still) Ana Ivanovic arrived in Beijing to take part in the 2oo8 Olympic Games and here are some photos of the tennis star at the airport.

Two more photos after the cut. Read more »

Ana Ivanovic of Serbia was upset 6-2 1-6 6-2 by Austrian Tamira Paszek in the third round of the Rogers Cup in Montreal, which opened the door for Jelena Jankovic to reach the No.1 world ranking.

The 17-year-old Paszek, who I thought would continue her last year's rise this season, won just three matches since the Australian Open and had gone five tournaments without a victory until a first-round win last week in Los Angeles. But now she managed to take out a top-ranked player. Read more »